GeForce 7900 GT and GeForce 6600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7900 GT vs GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 7900 GT
266
GeForce 6600 GT
147
GeForce 7900 GT
GeForce 6600 GT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
G71
NV43 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2006
August 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
450 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
146 million
Power consumption (TDP)
48 Watt
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Texture fill rate
10.80
4.000
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
42.24 GB/s
16 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A